. POPPIES Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand tiiansplanting. Sow very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely cover the seed, press down firmly and they will come up in a few days. If they come up too thickly they must be thinned out to stand 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to make several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. If picked just before expanding the flowers will last several days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon
. POPPIES Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand tiiansplanting. Sow very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely cover the seed, press down firmly and they will come up in a few days. If they come up too thickly they must be thinned out to stand 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to make several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. If picked just before expanding the flowers will last several days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon as fallen, which will lengthen the blooming season quite a while. Single Annual Poppies PER PKT. 3696 Dreer's Select Shirley. This is an unusually choice strain of these charming Poppies, and is, we feel sure, better than any heretofore sent out. The artistic flowers are mostly single, but occasionally semi-double, and range in color from the purest snow-white through all the delicate tints of pink, rose and carmine to the deepest crimson and blood-red, with a liberal sprinkling of the newest salmony shades, while many flowers are daintily edged and striped; in fact, so varied are they that scarcely any two flowers are exactly alike, j oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts 10 3695 Shirley Wild-Rose Pink. This beautiful variety is a selec- tion out of the Shirley Poppy, and which comes almost one hun- dred per cent, true from seed; in color a uniform bright but soft Wild Rose pink, a color that appeals to everyone and which makes a charming bed, and of special value for cutting. J oz., 30 cts.; oz., $ 10 3685 3686 3687 3688 3691 3693 3692 3697 3698 3699 3700 Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies PER PKT. Admiral. A single peony-flowered variety of surpassing beauty, having large, smooth-edged flowers of glistening white, with a broad band of brilliant scarlet round the top. These two colors form a striking contrast, and when planted in groups produce a magnificent effect. J oz., 20 cts $0 05 C
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